which contains, in essence or verbatim, the phrases in red below,
which in turn are quoted from the following two extremely important
articles dated within the last week, one titled: Scientists plead for
fast climate action ‘Worst- case’ scenarios becoming reality,
researchers warn For scientists to emerge from their ivory towers with
their gloves off is unprecedented. If this doesn't make the contemporary
politicians get off their medieval thrones to save our children's
future, I don't know what will.

Alas, knowing them, they most likely will ignore the independent
scientists, since governmental scientists are regularly bent to fit
politicians, and scientific truth routinely twisted to fit politics.

It is up to us then, and I mean the whole 6 billion of us, to make
the pseudo-leaders follow our lead.

These phrases in my book, and in these two articles, are:

‘Worst- case’ scenarios becoming reality without action the world
faces decades of social unrest and war. encroaching desert act before
the planet becomes an unrecognizable — and , in places, impossible —
place to live emergency “worst-case” scenarios were becoming reality and
that, unless drastic action was taken soon, “ dangerous climate change”
was imminent. “no excuse for inaction” “weak and ineffective”
governments must stand up to big business and “vested interests.”

Failure to do so would result in “significant risk” of “irreversible
climatic shifts unless politicians grasped the gravity of the situation
it would be “ devastating.”

Increases in average temperatures of six degrees by the end of the
century were an increasing possibility and would produce conditions not
seen on Earth for more than 30 million years massive rises in sea level,
whole areas devastated by hurricanes and others turned into
uninhabitable desert, forcing billions of people to leave their
homelands politicians continued to underestimate the impact of climate
change scientists needed to redouble their efforts to get them to
understand much of southern Europe would look like the Sahara major
rivers would dry up Hundreds of millions of people would have to move,
probably billions Extended conflict, social disruption, war essentially,
over much of the world for many decades a defining moment in the world’s
history “less than 100 months” to save the planet. former assumptions
about the risks have had to be redrawn. higher than expected emissions
disastrous sea level rises, melting of the icecaps and acidification of
the oceans. destruction of the rainforests, widespread droughts and
flooding. the existing national climate change policies would fail to
address the dangerous impacts of global warming. human-caused greenhouse
gas emissions could do more damage to the earth than was previously
predicted in the last international assessment of climate change science
from 2007.

global greenhouse gas concentrations are increasing, sea level(s)
rising and Arctic sea ice decreasing faster than projected only a few
years ago Water shortages are predicted in the western Prairies, the
Okanagan and in the Great Lakes basin. Earlier targets to avoid human
interference with the climate system are now seen to be inadequate

the government isn’t moving fast enough.

putting a price on the release of greenhouse gas emissions which trap
heat in the atmosphere should be an essential part of a climate change
strategy require a polluter-pay approach and absolute emission caps the
pace with which action is being taken in Canada does not reflect
adequately the urgency of the threat not what I would expect from our
political leaders

Chinese farmers plant grass in an effort to stop an encroaching
desert. Leading scientists have warned the world’s governments they must
act now on global warming or see more of this. In what was described as
a watershed moment, more than 2,500 leading environmental experts agreed
on a statement that told governments to act before the planet becomes an
unrecognizable — and , in places, impossible — place to live. At an
emergency climate summit in Copenhagen, scientists agreed that
“worst-case” scenarios were becoming reality and that, unless drastic
action was taken soon, “ dangerous climate change” was imminent. In a
strongly worded message that, unusually for academics, appealed directly
to politicians, they said there was “ no excuse for inaction” and that
“weak and “ ineffective” governments must stand up to big business and “
vested interests.”

Steps should be “vigorously and widely implemented,” they said, to
reduce greenhouse gases. Failure to do so would result in “significant
risk” of “irreversible climatic shifts,” the statement added. The plea
came as Nicholas Stern, the former chief economist of the World Bank
whose report two years ago drew attention to the possible results of
global warming, told the conference that unless politicians grasped the
gravity of the situation it would be “ devastating.”

Increases in average temperatures of six degrees by the end of the
century were an increasing possibility and would produce conditions not
seen on Earth for more than 30 million years, he said. That could mean
massive rises in sea level, whole areas devastated by hurricanes and
others turned into uninhabitable desert, he claimed, forcing billions of
people to leave their homelands. Scientists warned, for example, that
many low-lying areas of Britain, for example, could be inundated by the
sea. Stern told the summit that politicians continued to underestimate
the impact of climate change and that scientists needed to redouble
their efforts to get them to understand. “Much of southern Europe would
look like the Sahara. Many of the major rivers of the world, serving
billions of people, would dry up in the dry seasons or reroute. “What
would be the implication? Hundreds of millions of people would have to
move, probably billions. What would be the implication of that? Extended
conflict, social disruption, war essentially, over much of the world for
many decades.”

The British economist was speaking as Prince Charles warned that
nations were “at a defining moment in the world’s history’’ over climate
change. As he continued his tour of South America, he delivered his most
impassioned and urgent plea yet on the need to tackle global warming,
saying there were “less than 100 months” to save the planet. The
Copenhagen conference is intended to publicize the latest research on
climate change ahead of December’s meeting of world leaders. The United
Nations Climate Conference, which will also be held in Copenhagen, aims
to draft an updated Kyoto-style agreement on reducing emissions. Under
the Kyoto deal, developed nations have to cut emissions of greenhouse
gases by 5.2 per cent below 1990 levels by 2008-2012. However, during
the meeting scientists have frequently spoken about how former
assumptions about the risks have had to be redrawn. They have repeatedly
warned that higher than expected emissions have meant that temperatures
will rise at rates far higher than thought just a few years ago. This in
turn will lead to disastrous sea level rises, melting of the icecaps and
acidification of the oceans. The weather will also change, scientists
warned, resulting in destruction of the rainforests, widespread droughts
and flooding. Kevin Anderson, the research director at the Tyndall
Centre for Climate Change Research in Manchester, said: “Scientists have
lost patience with carefully constructed messages being lost in the
political noise. We are now prepared to stand up and say enough is
enough.”

OTTAWA - More than 100 leading climate scientists have launched a new
offensive challenging the federal government’s climate change plan and
urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper along with other Canadian
politicians to accelerate efforts to crack down on human activity linked
to global warming.

In an open letter sent to the prime minister, opposition leaders and
Canadian premiers on Tuesday afternoon, the scientists warned that the
existing national climate change policies would fail to address the
dangerous impacts of global warming. They also warned that new research
suggests human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could do more damage to
the earth than was previously predicted in the last international
assessment of climate change science from 2007.

“New analyses show that global greenhouse gas concentrations are
increasing, sea level(s) rising and Arctic sea ice decreasing faster
than projected only a few years ago,” said the letter, signed by 130
Canadian climate science leaders from the academic, public and private
sectors. “Water shortages are predicted in the western Prairies, the
Okanagan and in the Great Lakes basin. Earlier targets to avoid human
interference with the climate system are now seen to be inadequate.”

In the spring of 2006, the scientists sent their first letter to the
newly elected Harper government urging it to develop a national climate
change strategy, but the new letter says the government isn’t moving
fast enough.

More than 200 Canadian experts contributed to the last
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report from 2007 which was
awarded a share of the Nobel Peace Prize for raising awareness about the
threat of global warming.

Although they are not economists or public policy experts, many
scientists believe that putting a price on the release of greenhouse gas
emissions which trap heat in the atmosphere should be an essential part
of a climate change strategy, said Dr. Gordon McBean, a climatologist
from the University of Western Ontario who organized the letter
campaign.

“Addressing greenhouse gas emissions will require a polluter-pay
approach and absolute emission caps,” said the letter. “ Adaptation to
the inevitable impacts of climate change is now imperative and we need a
national adaptation strategy to minimize those impacts and gain whatever
benefits there may be. We are concerned that the pace with which action
is being taken in Canada does not reflect adequately the urgency of the
threat.”

Last week, Harper described a carbon tax proposal from the Green
party and the federal Liberals as an “insane” approach that would “screw
everybody.”

But McBean, who was honoured on Tuesday by his university and the
city of London, Ontario, for his contribution to the Nobel Prize-winning
report, said he was disappointed about the reaction.

“I’m concerned at the way the debate has turned,” he said in an
interview. “I think this is a very serious issue and to respond to it
with what I would think are inappropriate comments is not what I would
expect from our political leaders.”

The Harper government has proposed to cap the growth of emissions
from large industrial facilities by imposing flexible targets per unit
of production that would allow some sectors in growth such as the
oilsands to increase their overall emissions.

Environment Minister John Baird has described the process of drafting
regulations as a massive undertaking that he is trying to complete as
fast as possible.

"Our government certainly agrees that climate change is a major issue
facing both Canada and the world today," said Baird’s director of
communications Garry Keller. "That’s why our government has a real plan
to cut greenhouse gas emissions by an absolute 20 per cent by 2020 and
we certainly believe in the ’polluter pays’ principle."

He added that the government’s plan had also allowed for the creation
of a carbon-trading regime in Montreal.

The letter was released as Jim Hansen, the head of NASA’s Goddard
Institute for Space Studies, issued a new warning in an interview with
The Guardian that the concentration of greenhouse gas emissions in the
atmosphere has already risen above the safe level.

The Canadian scientists said that governments must make further
investments in research to guide “sound policy” and international
negotiations for a new treaty on global warming.

“In less than 18 months, the global community will convene in
Copenhagen to put in place a new agreement to address climate change,”
said the letter. “We sincerely hope that, based on the compelling
science at hand, our political leaders display the urgency and
determination that we believe is required.”

Another of the continuing articles that highlight our apparent " climate
change " problem- and forecasts the end of the World - as we know it .
Where oh where - is the journalistic BALANCE in the Vancouver Sun , when
you carry these kind of one sided doomsday reports. The majority of true
World Climate scientists, dispute the entire UN's IPCC inspired fraud
that purports that we are all doomed from the effects of " man made "
CO2 being the source of a supposed Green House Gas problem . Any report
that carries the name of the UK's infamous Economist - Nicholas Stern-
who jumps in whenever he can to attract World Headlines to himself -
should be immediately discarded . Especially when it is published by the
UK's Daily Telegraph ! And. by the way . there are only a very few "
World Climate Scientists" that understand the true complexity of the
science of Climate at the best of times .Telling us that this latest
story was approved as "gospel " by 2500 " scientists"- convened in
Copenhagen- has to be a gross overstatment - if not another case of
outright fraud . The original IPCC 2500 "scientists" turned out to
consist of a minority of Scientists - the rest to be environmantal
bureaucrats and wanabe politicians - the likes of the USA's Al Gore and
and his ilk . I suggest that the Vancouver Sun seek other views on this
topic - like Dr Tim Ball , an experienced Canadian scientist that can
provide some rational and detailed contrary commentary. That will surely
expose the real problems with " Climate Change " now that even the UN
has recognised that their initial favourite topic of Global Warming is
unsupportable by true science !

jay lyon
13 March 2009
12:10

When you stated that a majority of world climate scientists disagree
with the IPCC I wondered where you were getting your facts. Then you
brought up the name of Tim Ball and it became clear where you are coming
from Mr.Webster. Anybody who has done any research on this subject knows
that Tim Ball has no idea what he is talking about. Keep your head in
the sand, Allen and maybe it will all go away. I know that if we don't
do something soon it will ALL GO AWAY.

JS, Vancouver.
13 March 2009
12:56

Again, the Vancouver Sun has cast its nets wide and far to bring its
readers some “good news” that the global warming is good and well. But
the fact is that 2008 was only the 10th warmest year on the records, see
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/05/climate-change-weather
, 2007 was the 7th and 2006 was 6th warmest. This means that the global
temperatures have been progressively cooling over past three years, the
fact everybody can see on the graph. And, as noted on the above webpage
in the last paragraph, the global temperatures suppose to remain
constant until 2015. And that is not some skeptics’ website this
information is from the Met Office's Hadley Centre. Add to that that the
arctic ice cover in 2008 was 9.4 percent larger than in 2007 and that
the 2009 February ice in again in better shape than in the previous
years , being the fourth smallest when, according to the climate models,
supposed to be the smallest ever, see
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2009/022609.html

Are those “pleading scientist” getting worried about their cushy jobs
that would disappear with the disappearance of global warming?
Jerry Sklenar, P.Eng.

Bob Loblaw
13 March 2009
13:24

,,,people were trying to make the world believe that a Holocaust was
taking place once,,,including ' world famous scientist ' Albert
Einstein,,,but they said ' it couldn't happen here ',,,not on planet
earth,,,

Colin Szasz
13 March 2009
14:30

Anyone that doesn't believe that global warming is happening is only
fooling themselves. The facts are clear and simple. Yes, the earth goes
through regular warming and cooling phases. Each warming phase coincides
with an increase in atmospheric CO2 levels, which we are also
experiencing right now. But here's why we are now in serious trouble.
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere right now is far greater than
scientists have been able to find in earth's history and it is
increasing at a faster rate than ever. The earth's average temperature
is also increasing at an unprecedented rate. So it's not just that we're
warming - the rate at which it is occurring makes it impossible for
plants and animals to adapt. Chances are we're already too late, but we
can't give up.

JS, Vancouver.
13 March 2009
17:38

First, Colin Szasz is wrong in his assertion that each warming phase
coincided with increased atmospheric CO2 levels. Past warming cycles
coincided with the increased Sun’s activity and small changes in the
Earth orbit. Moreover, as I noted above, according to the official green
scientists, the global temperatures have been progressively cooling
during the last 3 years and the global warming suppose to take a holiday
until 2015, while CO2 will be still rising.
The problem is that we only hear the manmade global warming propaganda
that has been receiving practically limitless stream of the world
taxpayers’ dollars, thanks to our gullible governments, while anybody
who do not subscribe to this politically correct hype doesn’t receive a
dime, his articles are not published and he is often facing the
character assassination in the media and “green” newsletters. Just
imagine what would happen if one political party would get unlimited
public funding for its elections propaganda and other parties get
nothing. Who you think would win the elections?

And remember, this whole global warming suppose to be the scientific
matter and not the religious matter as many people appear to believe to
be.

I encourage everybody, keep open mind, and don’t believe in what anybody
says until you crosscheck this information yourself. We have now have
practically the limitless access to all sorts of information on the
Internet. Use it! Don’t get bullied by some interest groups that are
trying to profit from our lack of knowledge!
Jerry Sklenar, P. Eng.